The New York City Council is expected to approve a bill on Thursday that provides a free eye exam as well as eyeglasses to residents who earn up to $35,000 a year and $70,000 a year for a family of four.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.Low-income New Yorkers may soon be able to see better thanks to legislation that seeks to fill a long-standing gap in health insurance plans.
Councilmember Justin Brannan, who introduced the bill, said that as many as 1 million city residents could receive the benefit. He said Mayor Eric Adams has committed to signing the legislation. He said the experience left him thinking about the swath of poor New Yorkers who have neglected to take care of their vision, in part because of costs. Only around half of all adult Americans have some form of vision insurance,At the same time, good sight and eye health is considered integral to people’s well-being and life trajectory.
The program would not cover treatments such as the one Brannan received, but he said the eye exams would at least enable people to catch undetected eye problems.
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